St. Louis wins $250K from assailants

A former St. Louis jewelry store clerk has won a $525,000 damage suit against two people who roughed her up the day after she helped catch a shoplifting suspect.

Clerk Erica Whitley says the suspect’s sister and their father went to the store the next day and attacked her. Both of the people Whitley sued have since pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and are on probation.